Here is everything you need to know about the Spring Carnival Tipping competition:

2020 SPRING CARNIVAL TIPPING COMP RACEDAYS

The tipping comp runs over 9 race days during the 2020 Spring Racing Carnival. The 9 race days and dates are:

Saturday 12th September – Flemington: Makybe Diva Stakes

Saturday 19th September – Caulfield: Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes

Sunday 26th September – Caulfield: Underwood Stakes 

Saturday 3rd October – Flemington: Turnbull Stakes

Saturday 10th October – Caulfield: Caulfield Guineas

Saturday 17th October – Caulfield: Caulfield Cup

Saturday 24th October – Moonee Valley: Cox Plate

Saturday 31st October – Flemington: Victoria Derby

Saturday 7th November – Flemington: Emirates Stakes

SELECTING HORSES

For the nominated race days as listed above you need to select ONE horse from EACH RACE THAT RACE DAY.

$10 VIRTUAL EACH WAY BET

For each horse you select you will have a 'virtual $10 each way' bet on that horse. Only ONE 'Virtual $10 EW' bet per race.

POINTS FOR WINNING HORSES

If your selected horse wins you will receive the Victoria TAB dividend x 10 units. For example if your horse wins and pays $4.50 you will receive 45 points towards your tally in the tipping comp.

POINTS FOR HORSES THAT PLACE

If your horse pays a Victoria TAB place dividend you will receive that dividend by 10 units. For example if your horse comes third and pays $1.50 for the place you will receive 15 points towards your tally in the tipping comp.

WIN PLACE POINTS

If your horse wins you get the points from the win dividend and the place dividend. For example if your horse wins and pays $10 for the win and $2 for the place you will get 120 points (100 points for the win + 20 points for the place).

GROUP 1 BONUS POINTS

Group 1 Races are worth 1.5 x the points scored in that race! For example if you get a $10 winner in a group 1 race you will score 150 points for that race ($10 x $10 x1.5).

RACE DAY SCORE

At the end of the race day your total points will be added up and calculated for that round to give you your total race day score.

TIPS CUT OFF TIME

All tips for a race day MUST be submitted via the online Racing Cartel platform by the cut off time of each race which is generally 5 minutes before the race is due to start. We will make it clear to all members about the cut off time. If you miss the cut off time you will receive 0 points for that race! When you submit your tips you will receive an email confirming your selections. You can update your tips as many times as you like right up until the cut off time of each race.

SCRATCHINGS RULE

One of the MOST IMPORTANT rules to take note of is the scratching rule. As all tips need to be in before the start of each race tips cannot be altered. In racing, there is scratchings and late scratchings, and it’s only fair that each legend in the competition has a running horse in each race. So if your horse is scratched you will automatically be given the favorite/ substitute horse nominated by TAB for that race. It is the way the cookie crumbles some time so please respect this rule.

COMPS WITHIN A COMP

One of the best things about the competition is the mini comps and prizes up for grabs to keep things interesting. There is a prize for people who win complete the following:

• 1st - person who has the most total points after the 9 weeks.
• 2nd - person who has the second most total points after the 9 weeks
• 3rd - person who has the third most total points after the 9 weeks
• Week 4-7: person who has the highest total score between weeks 4-7.
• Highest Raceday Score: Person who scores the highest single race day score after the 9 weeks
• Knockout Comp: Person who wins the knockout competition
• Highest score each week: the weekly highest scoring individual.

KNOCKOUT COMP

The knockout comp starts in week 3. Each week people will be eliminated from the knockout comp based on their weekly score. Full details will be revealed once the total number of entrants is known.

BACKUP

In the unlikely event that the Racing Cartel site is down when you need to submit your tips please email your tips to tips@racingcartel.com.au from the email address associated with your Racing Cartel account. Tips received for a race after it has closed/ jumped will not be accepted. If you have to email your tips please be very clear with your tips eg Race 1, #2.

POSTING OF RESULTS

Results will generally be posted on the Sunday or Monday each week on the Racing Cartel website, and in the facebook group!

PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP

Join the private facebook group for Racing Cartel. In the group you will get to interact with other members of the Cartel, see results, and lots more!

REINFORCEMENT

Failure to submit tips by the cut off time for each race means you will get ZERO points for that race. No exceptions. 

BLUEBET

To qualify for the Bluebet.com.au bonus prizes you need to have a registered Bluebet account with it listed in your Racing Cartel profile. If you take out the top score one week and receive a $20 BlueBet bonus bet prize your BlueBet username must be in your Racing Cartel profile by 12pm Tuesday following that race day.